The Coming Of Age: Adulting Is Hard I Blog By Lakshita
Lakshita, an 18-year-old from Jammu, shares take on stepping into adulthood. From childhood dreams of freedom to the unexpected hurdles of college, assignments, and career, she unpacks why adulting is far from easy and why every stage of life deserves to be appreciated.
The coming of age: Adulting is hard
At the ripe age of 18, I find myself juggling many roles while stepping into a new world. This piece captures my inner feeling filled with confusion and banter.
When Growing Up Was the Dream
Ten-year-old me wanted to grow up fast. That little dreamer thought growing up meant no more school, no more studies, and most importantly no more homework. Life would be sorted and chill: just work and come home. She waited eagerly for the day when the torture called school would finally end.
Well, guess what? That day is here. It’s right on the doorstep.
The Reality Check: College Isn’t a Movie
But no one told me that becoming an adult means hopping over countless hurdles. First of all, you have to study in college and complete assignments too. Wait a minute I didn’t know that. I thought college was where you dance around with textbooks in your hands, wearing fancy clothes every day, like in a Karan Johar movie.
Instead, it’s way tougher than school. Now, I’ve come across something called a resume, that thing where you list your skills. Well, um… skills? I can hold my breath for 30 seconds. Does that count?
Skills, Careers, and Unexpected Pressure
Well, no apparently, you need some marketable skills if you want a job, or so said that technical guy on YouTube. So now, besides studying for college and submitting assignments, I also have to learn these “technical skills.” Well, it turns out that it’s even worse than school.
Now I want to tell 10-year-old me how silly she was. But hey, this is life. Every moment, we think the other option is better, we always want the other.
Accepting Life’s Phases
So yes, adulting is hard. It’s not the carefree, easy life that the ten-year-old me imagined. But maybe that’s the point. Let’s stop for a while and appreciate each moment and phase of life as they are, despite the hurdles they bring, however hard it might be.
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